monty python - fish dance

[mkmaster91]

hahahahahhaaa

slap him whit a FISH

[Gerstein1]

FISH KILL!!!

[slaughter66sic2]

Brilliant!

[kerokeronineball]

Lol eaten by a nazi fish

[bishiewuvr]

Thumbs up if you were reminded of "Jonah; A Veggietales Movie" while watching this

[Teraskas]

Tor forums ftw xD

[Poppy0109]

Haha! Love! X

[Ericules555]

haha my fav monty skit love pmsl

[trulyzuly]

0:17 press repeat!

[Anarchos]

Vellkome aboard!

[kartoffel13]

haha nazi fish

[FanGripp]

My parents keep kipper in the pantry. Hmm... >:D

[punkisnotdeadperiod]

LMTO yah!

[GerMaj7th]

Likely one of the most non-sensical sketches ever recorded- and its hilarious!

[benow74]

Monty Python's Flying Circus Ep 28

[gearsnspartans]

which movie is this from?

[76juno]

@gearsnspartans

It's from the Flying Circus television series.

[gearsnspartans]

thanks!

[CheaterFilms]

@76juno it also can be found on the monty python "Best of John Cleese" DVD.

[chrisose]

Talk softly and carry a BIG FISH!!!!!

[NellUndLilly]

Its great!

I love Michael Palin!

[MattitudeF0rever]

Haha this was filmed down the road from me,

Python Ruuuule!

[basserase]

Who else would think of something as insane as this; and then actually do it? Hilarious.

[Elric33239]

John Cleese definitely got a lot of mileage out of that Vox Pop camera! After this sketch, the "Man on the Street" interviews and "A Policeman near Rotting Deans" it more than paid for itself!

[BroadwayGrl8989]

anyone else would have failed miserably

[TheOwnator]

@BroadwayGrl8989

aye

[funnykid345]

u cant not love this...hahahahaha

[koolakalle]

ROFL FISH

WHERE IS MY SOAP?

[werewolfdudeguy1]

WHAT THE FUCK??? that was hilarious!

[Logox22]

:DD

[100percentJacki]

EPIC :D

[crosseyedcat101]

lol sooo funny

[allblue3]

I think this is the quintessential Python sketch. How do you explain it to someone? Well, there's these two blokes dressed in safari suits, standing by the side of a canal and the smaller once prances forwards and backwards slapping the big one in the face with two small fish... Funny every time!

[CheeseDemon]

@allblue3 Lmao just reading that made me laugh so much XD *highfive*

[kb7rky]

@allblue3 You don't explain Python...you experience it...

:D

[x0sexiibabii0x]

HYSTERICAL makes me laugh every time :) Lol !!

[mspratz]

Great how his helmet lands perfectly on the ground!!!

[Pighood]

I never noticed that.

[bluenoserr]

Neither had I!

[micahgee]

so true! didn't even notice till you pointed it out!

[yayin69]

LOL its so random it gets incredible

Monty python = Comedy

[guitarcastle2]

Ha, ha, ha! These guys are so funny! This is where the Veggie Tales Jonah got the fish-slapping!

[mavrifantasia]

Yeah it's Palin. oh my God I love this video

[cecilyalgernon]

Is Palin the one doing the slapping?

[maxman1602]

@cecilyalgernon Yes. John Cleese is the other one.

[KateNo1smileNo1]

haha fish slap you Joe X

[Joenibs69]

haha not if I get you first babopski x

[Darkswordsmaster]

haha cool

[Th0mAS1uS]

All hail MP! :D

[taricom]

stupid video

[thanx4life]

Mnthy Pitons = Geniusses

[aerobique]

FAKE

BURNING SWAMP GAS!

[bjarlee]

Lol, Nazi trout! x'D

[Brendanvio]

Cleese is struggling not to laugh when Palin hits him with the fish

[JagoFive]

i bet Palin had fun doing that sketch.... uh up until the end of course. LOL

[christianalexlea]

yup this is from IMDb: "The Pythons did almost all of their own stunts, including Graham Chapman (a qualified mountaineer) reading a sketch while hanging upside-down on a rope, and Michael Palin plummeting 15 feet into a canal in "The Fish-Slapping Dance" after John Cleese smacks him in the head with a trout."

[josholivier]

Michael said it was a pike that John smacked him with lol

[gazork123]

"T'was neither pike," he said, "nor a trout;

it was an 'ALIBUT what took 'im out!"

[Garibdos]

LOOOOL that makes sense! In german, the name of the fish (h)alibut is: Heilbutt! No joke!

[tannerrox99]

Ha Ha! Eric Idle slaps John Cleese with sardines! XDD!

[dyl650]

michael palin slapping john cleese actually

[nihiletnunc]

I'm Monty Pythons ADDICTED!!!

[3691TP]

that must of hurt

[Vincek88]

Best fifteen seconds of anything, ever!

[angellim44]

LOL!! FISH DANCE!!! XD

[pancon5]

Monty Python = Best comedy EVER! :-D

[Skido07]

Haha, thats funny!!

[tomislater]

ahhaha :D

[norty2649]

no matter how many times i see this, it never gets old

[AngelDust721]

best 25 seconds of my life

[00random]

so true

[AshOfTrash]

ROFL!

[1niels]

strange this is exactly what happend to me yesterday.

[Burningfingers]

Reminds me of when Moorer meet Foreman;)

[IloveRotelle]

00:23: The fish has the nazi (sp?) sign. That made me laugh!

[sweargun]

noticed that too ...strange

[DRIVERX51]

Actually... it's a swastika not a Nazi.  The Nazis used it, but it wasn't originally theirs.

[IloveRotelle]

Oh okay. :-) Didn't know what it was called. :-)

[ethalinia]

wasn't it something used by hindus or buddhas? I think it stands for eternity...

[IloveRotelle]

I don't really know, but "eternity" sounds like something the Nazis would use...

[EriBle]

Its the symbol of sun. Used by many cultures.

[kageromaru]

Like India ^_^

[QuannanHade]

Originally it was used by Iranians (5000BC), the Swastika featured on the fish is the Buddhist version - symbolizing good luck, welfare, prosperity and/or victory. The Nazis used a "right-facing" Swastika on a 45(o) angle (that is supposed to be a degree sign), the Swastika on the fish is a "left-facing" 90(o) rotation, often symbolizing the sun in the 90(o) form. I dont care if anyone rates me up or down for this, but i thought i would fill in the info...

[KamiKaZantA]

And the japaneese use the symbol too. Don't remeber if it was a right or left facing swastika though. You can actully see a swastika on Ichigos katana in Bleach iirc.

[QuannanHade]

well it all depends, there were actually several nazi-like parties in the Japan/China area many years before the Hitlerist regime started. but you would most likely find the buddhist version floating around, most of the buildings (excepting monasteries etc.) with right-facers were torn down and replaced...

[Shockwave474]

@QuannanHade I appreciate that you pointed this out. I might have done so myself if you hadn't. I might have started with "Nice fish at the end," and then somehow worked something in about my Jewish background and how I don't let that interfere with the fight to reclaim the Swastika.

[TotallyNotAlex]

@QuannanHade Actually, the Nazis also used 90 degree swastikas, and swastikas facing to the left, which you can see in some of their banners.

It just so happens that the 45 degree right-facing swastika is the most common.

[TotallyNotAlex]

I like how his hat falls off in the live action, but it remains in the animation.

[Eckendenker]

@QuannanHade

nice u explain but the fish is in fact meant to be german

[QuannanHade]

@Eckendenker I had not realised this when watching this clip. This is the first version I had seen, and is woefully incomplete when it comes to the resulting fish animation.

However, that it is German is hardly the point now, is it? :P

It may be a German fish, in this context, but the symbol remains firmly of non-nazi origin.

[Eckendenker]

@QuannanHade

In fact its the point. The swastika is used to mark the fish's german identity

[EmptyWalls100]

@QuannanHade

I believe it was a joke on the German submarines that had plagued the English Channel.

[JaguarEarlobe]

@QuannanHade - The word swastika means well being I think. But you are wrong about the orientation of it. They go either way in hinduism and buddhism.. left or right facing

[dtek40k]

@QuannanHade

....There's a swastika on the fish?

[Soliduzz]

They're pretending it's a German Submarine

[reichmarshall]

Upon reflection, there are many scenes where Michael Palin jumps/falls into water. He must have enjoyed it.

[Vincek88]

Walking off a boat in full naval dress in a raging British sea is enjoyable? Yow.

Look at the 'Bicycle Trip' episode where he falls off a 10-foot embankment in the woods, on a bicycle, in the dark! Looks genuinely painful.

[lisa99869]

Hahaha, en stivfrossen auar e alltid bedre enn ei dau sild må være dagens words of wisdom

[Honeyflower7]

monty pythons cooler than all you people!!!!

[2good4u711]

lol!

[andergriff]

Surreal in a Victorian kind of way. Excellent example of Python humour.

[tuttt99]

I like the part in the documentary where Palin revisits the scene and thinks "I really jumped off THAT?"

[CheeseDemon]

This sketch makes me laugh every time :D

[IAMCyberman]

PMSL Classic =D

[TheProfessionalDLG]

Brilliant short sketch. Michael Palin said he really enjoyed it aswell on "The Pythons" Documentary.